Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-15
SPARKS WILL FIRE BACK.
Land Commissioner Sparks will Reply
10 Secretary Lamar's Letter.
What the Trouble is About.
The President About to Settle Down to
WsFk on HIS Annual Message-AId
Received from His Cabinet,
Indications that tho PostoRcs Departments
By the End Of Next Year VIII Again
Be Sslf- supporting.
LAMAR SPARKS CONTROVERSY.

Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-Generel Sparks
was at his ONCE this morning. 4 number
Of reporters and correspondents called on
him, but to most of them he denied AL
audience. To your correspondent. he
said ne had nothing for the press, that he
was sick man and by the advice Of his
physicians be could not talk. 1t WAS evl-
dent thSt the General will reply 20 the
Secretary's letter, but he mas not yet had
time to prepare an aus yer. The question
at Issue, sside from all personal consider
stions, involves the selection Of indemnity
lands by land grant railroads
Shall they be entitled 10 the full area
called for in their original grants, find il
where they may, or must the selections be
ade within the indemnity belts? GeneF-
81 Sparks sustains the latter view, that
the roads must 60 without the lands, IN
less they can be found inside the lines
fixed by law. The contrary policy will
put thousands Of scres into the hands OF
the corporate that have hitherto been
reserved for settlement. General Sparks
will doubtless s.ate bis position
fully in bis reply to Mr.. Lamar.
Secretary Lamar would ssy nothing when
seen. ali tsy long, how yer, bis Caice
WAS filed with politicians and others who
said they were glad be had taken ibis
stand. The general opinion is that Mr..
Lamar is right.
POSTMASTER GENERAL s REPORT.
0ae OF the features of the Postmaster
Generals report, which ia now nearly
completed, will be the statement that
Department by the end Of next year will
ho zalf dat =
has been lesssned nearly IS 100000 our
ing the year, and with g continued in
crease in the revenues which last year
amounted TO about 10 per cent. and
decrease in expenses which was about q
per cent, there is every prospect that the
revenue will equal The expenditures by
he end Of next year.
TUE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The President has not yet commenced
writing his message, although ne has
given much thought 10 it. He has re-
ceivad drafs CT suggestions of his Cab
iuet officers, 500 has discussed in Cabinet
meeting the contemplated recommends
tioGs. He vii! G regularly to work il q
few days, and will from thss time see as
few callers and consider as little business
es possible. He wishes TO keep Up his
afternoon receptions as regularly IS mis-
work will allow.
TO BE POSTMASTER GENERAL,
WAsHINGrONiN NOV. IA Don II .DiCkin-
son Of Michigan has notified the President
that he will accept the position OF Post
MASTER General.
A PATENT DECLARED VOID.
WASHINGTON, Nov Il The Supreme
court to-day rendered decision deciar-
inc Shas IL kno9n az the drive well OaS-
enG To be void because the invention was
used publicly at Cortland, N Y, Two
years before Green applied for patent.
BIDS OPENED.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-Bids we're to-
day opened bY the supe :yisirg architect
of the treasury for approaches for the
federal building st Tyler. The bidders
we're: Moore & Parknurst, Tyler, S449S;
John Mercer & S n, Palestine. $500;
DumesVilIe Bros Louisville, SG259; Nc
C,rty & BildWin. D .stric: o. Columbis,
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